Dr. David KatoshevskiFeb. 2003
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Details
NameDavid Katoshevski
Citizenship: Israeli
Date and place of birth: July 22, 1962, Haifa, Israel
Marital statusMarried + 3
Regular military service: 1980-1983
Address at home18 Irus St., POB 4045, Omer, Israel
Tel. +972-8-6466148
Address at workDepartment of Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering,
Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev
POB 653, Beer-Sheva84105, Israel
Tel. + 972-8-6479094,
e-mail:
Education
B.Sc. 1984-1988, Technion IIT, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Cum Laude
M.Sc. 1988-1991, Technion IIT, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D. (D.Sc.)1991-1995, Technion IIT, Department of Applied Mathematics
Employment History
4/2000-pres.Senior Lecturer (Tenure Position), at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev. (Recently it has become Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering Department.)
7/1998-3/2000Lecturer, at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev.
1997-1998Postdoctoral Researcher- on RESEARCH GRANT, Department of Environmental Engineering, California Institute of Technology, USA.
1996-1997Postdoctoral Researcher- LESTER-DEUTSCH Fellow, Department of Environmental Engineering, California Institute of Technology, USA.
1995-1996Postdoctoral Researcher- MINERVA Fellowship, Department of Heat Transfer and Air Conditioning, Aachen University, Germany,
1991-1995Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Technion IIT, Teaching Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.
1988-1991 Teaching Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Technion IIT, Teaching Thermodynamics. Instructor in Laboratory Experiments.
Professional Activities
Academic Administration
2000-presentChairman of the Undergraduate Teaching Committee, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2000-presentMember of the Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
1991-1995Head of the Teaching Assistants, in a Technion-wide course (Ordinary Differential Equations) with 10 Teaching-Assistants under my supervision per semester.
Membership in Professional/Scientific Societies
2000-presentILASS-Americas, Institute for Liquid Atomization
and Spray Systems, North and South America.
1999-present Association for Aerosol Research.
1993-presentIsraeli Association for Aerosol Research. The Israeli Chapter of the
International Association for Aerosol Research.
1992-presentILASS-Israel. The Israeli Chapter of the Institute for Liquid Atomization
and Spray Systems.
1993-1995AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
1993-1995SIAM - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
1990Israel Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught
Graduate Courses
- Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Engineering, Course A.
- Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Engineering, Advanced Course B.
- Advanced Course in Air Pollution Control.
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering.
Undergraduate Courses
- Fluid Mechanics for Biotechnology.
6. Thermodynamics (Teaching Assistant).
7. Lab Experiments in Fluid Dynamics
Honors, Awards, Fellowships
(a) Honors and Awards
1987Deans List, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Technion IIT.
1987 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Technion IIT.
1993 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Mathematics, Technion IIT.
1994 GUTWIRTH Technion-wide Awardfor Outstanding Doctoral Achievements.
1994The Combustion Institute (USA), Stipend for young researchers, for presenting their work at the International Symposium on Combustion, Irvine, California, Aug. 1994.
1995 WOLF Technion-wide Awardfor Outstanding Doctoral Achievements.
1995Technion-wide Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
1995 JABOTINSKY Awardfor Outstanding Doctoral Achievements, Dept. of Mathematics, Technion IIT.
(b) Fellowships
1995-1996 MINERVA Fellowship, Awarded by the MINERVA Foundation, Heidelberg, Germany, for Postdoctoral Research in AachenUniversity, RWTH, Germany.
1996-1997 LESTER-DEUTSCH Fellowship, Awarded by the Technion to one researcher per year for postdoctoral research at Caltech.
Scientific Publications
A. Journal Papers
B. Conference Papers
A. Journal Papers
1.Katoshevski, D., Frankel, I. and Weihs, D., (1993), “Viscous Interaction Between Parallel Radial Streams”, Fluid Dynamics Research,Vol. 12, pp. 153-161.
2.Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (1993), “A Theoretical Study of Polydisperse Liquid-Sprays in a Shear-Layer Flow”, Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 5, No. 12, pp. 3085-3098.
3.Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (1994), “Effect of Drop-Size Dependent Spray-Injection Velocity on Multisize-Spray Diffusion Flames in a Unidirectional Shear Layer Flow”, International Journal of Turbo Jet Engines, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 327-336.
4. Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (1995), “Sprays in Radially Spreading Shear-Layer Flows”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 530-538.
5. Tambour, Y. and Katoshevski, D., (1995) “Similarity Analysis of Spray Diffusion Flames in a Unidirectional Shear-Layer Flow”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 25, pp. 381-388.
6. Tambour, Y. and Katoshevski, D., (1995), “Asymptotic Analysis of Droplet Coalescence Effects on Spray Diffusion Flames in a Unidirectional Shear-Layer Flow”, Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 5, pp. 357-386.
7. Katoshevski, D. and Seinfeld, J. H., (1997), “Analytical Solution for the Multicomponent Aerosol Evolution General Dynamic Equation - without Coagulation”, Aerosol, Science and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 541-549.
8.Katoshevski, D. and Seinfeld, J. H., (1997), “Analytical-Numerical Solution for the Multicomponent Aerosol Evolution General Dynamic Equation - with Coagulation”, Aerosol, Science and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 550-556.
9. Katoshevski, D., Nenes, A., and Seinfeld, J. H., (1999), “A Study of Processes that Govern the Mainenance of Aerosols in the Marine Boundary Layer”, Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 30,
pp. 503-532.
10. Katoshevski, D., (1999), “Sensitivity of Ignition Delay Time and Temperature to Changes in Turbulence Expressed by Magnussen Parameters”, International Journal of Turbo & Jet Engines, Vol. 16, pp. 223-229.
11.Katoshevski, D., (1999), “Evaporation and Coalescence of Spray Droplets, Comprised of Two-Component Fuels”, International Journal of Turbo & Jet Engines, Vol. 17, pp. 171-177.
12. Zhao, B., Katoshevski, D., and Bar-Ziv, E., (1999), “Temperature Determination of Single Micron-Sized Particles from Forced/Free-Convection, and Photophoresis”, Measurement, Science and Technology, Vol. 10, pp. 1222-1232.
.Katoshevski, D., and Tambour, Y., (2000), “On the Combustion of Sprays of Liquid Fuels and Liquid Oxidizers in a Diffusion Flame in a Shear Layer Flow”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute,Vol. 28, in press.
14. Katoshevski, D., Ziskind, G., Zhao, B., and Bar-Ziv, E., (2001), “Experimental Study of the Drag Force Acting on a Heated Particle”, Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 32, pp. 73-86.
15. Katoshevski, D., and Tambour, Y., (2001), ”Evaporation of Polydisperse Sprays of Liquid Fuels and Liquid Oxidizers in a Shear Layer Flow” AIAA-Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 17, pp. 818-822.
16. Ziskind, G., Zhao, B., Katoshevski, D. and Bar-Ziv, E., (2001), “Experimental Study of Mixed Convection From a HeatedSphere at Small Reynolds and Grashof Numbers,Part I: Cross Flow”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 44, pp 4381-4389.
17. Katoshevski, D., (2001), “Effect of Simultaneous Growth and Fragmentation on Particle Size Distribution of a Multicomponent Aerosol”, Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 11, pp. 593-602.
18.Abramovich-Gottlib L., Katoshevski D,and Vago R., (2002), “A Computerized Tank System for Studying the Effect of Temperature on Calcification of Reef Organisms”, Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods , Vol. 50, pp. 245-252.
19. Mograbi, E., Ziskind, G., Katoshevski, D. and Bar-Ziv, E., (2002), “Experimental Study of the Forces Associated with Mixed Convection From a HeatedSphere at Small Reynolds and Grashof Numbers,Part II: Assisting and Opposing Flows”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, pp. 2423-2430.
20. Bar-Ziv, E., Zhao, B., Mograbi, E.,Katoshevski, D., and Ziskind, G., “On the Validity of the Stokes Law at Non-Isothermal Conditions”, Physics of Fluids, accepted.
21. Liat Abramovitch-Gottlib, L., Katoshevski, D. and Vago, R., (2002), “Responses of Stylophora Pistillata and Millepora Dichotoma to Seawater Temperature Elevation”
Bulletin of Marine Science , accepted.
In preparation
Katoshevski, D., “A Theoretical Study of a Diffusion Flame in Shear Layer Flow”
B. Conference Papers (see also related section of conference presentations, on page 7)
1. Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (1993), “Effect of Initial Droplet Size Distributions on Fuel-Vapor Profiles in a Shear-Layer Flow”, AIAA / SAE / ASME / ASEE 29th Joint Propulsion Conference, Monterey, California, AIAA- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Paper No. 93-1770, pp. 1-10.
2. Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (1994), “Similarity and Asymptotic Solutions for Spray Evaporation and Coalescence in a Shear-Layer Flow”, ICLASS-94 Conference, Rouen, France. ICLASS- International Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, pp. 568-575.
3. Katoshevski, D., Klingsporn, M., Hohmann, S. and U. Renz, (1996), “Investigation of Spray Combustion Under Diesel-Like Conditions”, 36th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv, Israel, published by the Technion, pp. 380-385.
4. Katoshevski, D., (1999), “Evolution of Multicomponent Particles Undergoing Simultaneous Evaporation/Growth and Fragmentation”, EAC-99, European Aerosol Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, extended abstract denoted as S509, Copyrights by ELSEVIER, Vol. 30, Suppl. 1, Sep. 1999, Journal of Aerosol Science.
5. Katoshevski, D., and Tambour, Y., (2000), “Evaporation of Polydisperse Sprays of Liquid Fuels and Liquid Oxidizers in a Shear Layer Flow”ICLASS-2000 Conference, Pasadena, CA, USA. ICLASS- International Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, pp. 981-987.
6. Ziskind, G., Katoshevski, D., Zhao, B., and Bar-Ziv, (Sep. 2000),“Heat Transfer-Drag Coupling for a Small Particle in a Gaseous Environment” EAC-2000, European Aerosol Conference Dublin extended abstract denoted as S678, Copyrights by ELSEVIER, Vol. 31, Suppl. 1, Sep. 2000, Journal of Aerosol Science.
7. Katoshevski, D., Ziskind, G., Mograbi, E., Zhao, B., and Bar-Ziv, E.,(June. 2001), “Drag Force in Mixed Forced and Natural Convection Flow Field”, ASPACC- The Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, pp.113-116.
8. Katoshevski, D, (June, 2001), “Effect of Flow Deceleration on a Diffusion Flame in Shear Flow
Formed by Fuel and Oxidizer Spray Streams”, ASPACC- The Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Seoul, Korea, pp. 446-448.
Research in Progress
Katoshevski, D., “A Multi Layer Aerosol Model for Urban Environment”.
Katoshevski D., Ziskind, G. and Dudin, Z., “Particle Clustering”.
Supervision of Graduate Students
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Graduate Students
Vadim Luzansky: Ph.D., 2001-present,
Nadine Spitz: Ph.D., 2001-present,
Graduated:
Danny Marciano : M.Sc., 1999- 2001, “Development of a Model for the Behavior of Aerosol Particles above an Urban Environment” (co-advisor: Prof. Eran Sher), submitted his thesis, Dec. 2000.
Liat Abramovitch : M.Sc., 1999-2002 , “Skeleton Properties and Thermal Processes Affecting Corals” (co-advisor: Dr. Razi Vago).
Session Chairmanship at Conferences, and Membership of Conference Committees
Session Chairman (Atmospheric Modeling Session) at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association for Aerosol Research, Dec. 98, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Israel.
Organizing Committee Member of the 15th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, Dec. 9, 1999, Paradise Hotel, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Paper-Committee Member of the 40thIsrael Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Feb. 23-24, 2000, DanHotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Session Chairman (Combustion Session) at the 40thIsrael Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Feb. 23-24, 2000, DanHotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
SessionChairman (Environmental Engineering Session), at the 28thIsrael Conference on Mechanical Engineering, June 14-15, 2000, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Israel.
Paper-Committee Member of the 41stIsrael Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Feb., 2001, DanHotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Session Chairman (Aerodynamics Session) at the 41stIsrael Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Feb, 2001, DanHotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Paper-Committee Member of the 42stIsrael Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Feb., 2002, DanHotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Paper-Committee Member of the 43stIsrael Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, to be held in Feb., 2003, DanHotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Reviewer for:
BSF- United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
Combustion and Flame- The Journal of the Combustion Institute.
Flow Turbulence and Combustion – a Kluwer Journal
Atomization and Sprays, Begell House Inc.
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science.
Presentations at Meetings and Invited Seminars
Presentation of Papers at Conferences/Meetings
Katoshevski, D., Frankel, I. and Weihs, D., (May 1992), “The Shear Layer Between Two Radially Spreading Axisymetric Streams of Unequal Velocity”.
The 24th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (Nov. 1992), “Evaporation of Polydisperse Fuel Sprays in a Free Shear-Layer Flow”.
The 8th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, Acre, Israel.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (Dec. 1992), “Fuel Sprays and Vapors in a Shear-Layer Flow”.
Workshop on Sprays, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (June 1993), “Effect of Initial Droplet Size Distributions on Fuel-Vapor Profiles in a Shear-Layer Flow” (see conference paper B-1).
AIAA / SAE / ASME / ASEE 29th Joint Propulsion Conference, Monterey, California.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (Dec. 1993), “Spread of Liquid Fuel Sprays and Fuel Vapors Injected into a Quiescent Environment”.
The 9th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (July 1994), “Similarity and Asymptotic Solutions for Spray Evaporation and Coalescence in a Shear-Layer Flow” (see conference paper B-2).
ICLASS (Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems) Conference at Rouen, France.
Tambour, Y. and Katoshevski, D., (Aug. 1994), “Similarity Analysis of Spray Diffusion Flames in a Unidirectional Shear-Layer Flow” (see journal paper A-5).
25th International Symposium on Combustion, Irvine, California (UCI).
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (Nov. 1994), “Spray Drop-Size Distributions Across a Free Shear-Layer Flow”. Abstract in J. Aerosol Science, Vol. 26, No. 6, p. 1019, 1995.
8th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association for Aerosol Research, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (Dec. 1994), “Analysis of Spray Diffusion Flames Resulting
from Various Multisize Sprays of the Same SMD”.
The 10th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Katoshevski, D. and Tambour, Y., (Feb. 1995), “Effect of Drop-Size Dependent Spray Injection Velocity on Multisize-Spray Diffusion Flames in a Unidirectional Shear Layer Flow”.
The 35th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Technion IIT, Israel.
Katoshevski, D., Klingsporn, M., Hohmann, S. and Renz, U., (Feb. 1996), “Investigation of Spray Combustion Under Diesel-Like Conditions” (see conference paper B-3).
The 36th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Katoshevski, D., Nenes, A., and Seinfeld, J. H., (Dec. 1998), “Dynamics of Aerosols in the Marine Boundary Layer”, 12th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association for Aerosol Research, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Israel.
Katoshevski, D., (Dec. 1998), “Modeling of Evolution of Aerosol Particles”, Workshop on Environmental Issues with the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Environment, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Katoshevski, D., (June 1999), “Evaporation and Coalescence of Spray Droplets, Comprised of Two-Component Fuels”, Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Antalya, Turkey.
Katoshevski, D., (Sep. 1999), “Evolution of Multicomponent Particles Undergoing Simultaneous Evaporation/Growth and Fragmentation”, EAC-99, European Aerosol Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Katoshevski, D., (Dec. 1999), “Effect of Evaporation/Growth on Size Distributions of Multicomponent Aerosols Undergoing Coagulation or Fragmentation”
The 15th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Katoshevski D., (June 2000), “A Theoretical Study On a Diffusion Flame in a Shear Layer Flow”,
28thIsrael Conference on Mechanical Engineering, June 14-15, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Israel.
Vago R., Abramovich L., Katoshevski D,Chadwick-Furman N. E., Satambler N., Illuz D., and Dubinsky Z.(June 2000), ”Effects of Elevated Seawater Temperature on Reef-Corals”, (presented by R. Vago),
28thIsrael Conference on Mechanical Engineering, June 14-15, 2000, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Israel.
Katoshevski D., “Spray Diffusion Flames in Shear Layer Flows”, (June 2000), Workshop on Combustion, with Prof. Tom Fletcher, April, 2000, Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev, Israel.
Ziskind, G., Katoshevski, D., Zhao, B., and Bar-Ziv, (Sep. 2000),“Heat Transfer-Drag Coupling for a Small Particle in a Gaseous Environment” EAC , Dublin (presented by G. Ziskind).
Koren, M., Katoshevski, D. Sher, E., and Kholmer, V., (Sep. 2000), “Energy Consideration and Experimental Study of Effervescent Atomizers”,16th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Darmstadt (presented by E. Sher).
Katoshevski, D., and Tambour, Y., (July 2000), “Evaporation of Polydisperse Sprays of Liquid Fuels and Liquid Oxidizers in a Shear Layer Flow”, ICLASS-2000 Conference, Pasadena, CA, USA. ICLASS- International Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems.
Katoshevski, D., and Tambour, Y., (Aug. 2000), “On the Combustion of Sprays of Liquid Fuels and Liquid Oxidizers in a Diffusion Flame in a Shear Layer Flow”, 28th International Symposium on Combustion, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Katoshevski, D., (Dec. 2000), “Shear Layer Flame Sheet”, The 16th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, Carlton Hotel, Tel-Aviv.
Katoshevski, D., Ziskind, G., Mograbi, E., Zhao, B., and Bar-Ziv, E.,(June. 2001), “Drag Force in Mixed Forced and Natural Convection Flow Field”, ASPACC- The Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Seoul, Korea
Katoshevski, D, (June, 2001), “Effect of Flow Deceleration on a Diffusion Flame in Shear Flow
Formed by Fuel and Oxidizer Spray Streams”, ASPACC- The Third Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Seoul, Korea.
Katoshevski D., Ziskind G., MograbiE., Bar-Ziv E., “Drag Force on a Heated Particle – Is the Stokes Law Valid at Non-Isothermal Conditions ?”
16th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association for Aerosol Research, Technion, Israel.
Katoshevski, D., and Tambour, Y., (Jul.2002), “Shear Layer Diffusion Flame”, 29th International Symposium on Combustion, Japan.
Invited Lectures at Meetings
Dec. 2001The UK-Israel conference on mathematical modeling in spray combustion, “On Models for Fuel Sprays and Atmospheric Aerosols”, Paradise Hotel, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Seminar Presentations at Universities and Institutions
Jan. 1996Aachen University, Germany, “Simulation of Spray Combustion Under Diesel-Like Conditions”.
Feb.1996BenGurionUniversity of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, “I. Similarity Solutions for Spray Flame-Sheets in a Shear Layer Flow. II.Simulation of Spray Combustion Under Diesel-Like Conditions”.
Feb.1997Caltech, Pasadena, USA, “Solution of the Multicomponent Aerosol General Dynamic Equation”.
Jan. 1999Technion, Haifa, Israel, “Evolution of Aerosol Particles in the Marine Boundary Layer”.
Nov. 2000 Ben-GurionUniversity, Department of Chemical Eng., “Aerosol and Spray Modeling”.
Jan. 2002 The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, Department of Environmental Sciences, “On Fuel Sprays and Atmospheric Aerosols”